What I watched in MAY + Mini Reviews + Movie(s) Of the Month

Happy June, everyone! May has been a bit of an odd duck weather-wise. An MPR host said the other day that if you don't like the weather, just wait a few minutes, ha! Sure enough, it's been alternating between windy, sunny, and rainy in just a matter of minutes in a single day! 😆 Well, …

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FlixChatter Review: The Dead Don’t Hurt (2024) – Vicky Krieps is riveting in Viggo Mortensen’s lyrical, slow-burn Western drama

Western isn’t my go-to genre, though there are some terrific Westerns that I’ve come to love: Big Country, 3:10 To Yuma (2007 version), Hell or High Water, True Grit, and The Rider, to name a few. This one intrigued me right away because it’s written and directed by the multi-talented Viggo Mortensen who also stars in …

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Musings on 8 movies directed by actors that screened at TIFF 2023

It's been nearly 20 years since I visited TIFF in 2005. This was back when I was still obsessed with Gerard Butler, so my primary purpose was to see Beowulf & Grendel and I did get to shake Gerry's hand after the screening which still made me chuckle when I think about it. I was …

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